Can sales reports be filtered by custom attribute data?

[the-refill-lady]

Following on from a question I had a few months ago about possible ways to report on sales of VAT-rated items, I see that custom attributes are now available.

I have created an attribute called 'VAT rated' and made it a Toggle. I've found a few items in my library and set the toggle to True for those that would attract VAT.

However, when I visit the Reports page and look at the Item Sales page, I don't see Attributes in the Filter By list..

Should I be able to filter an Item Sales report on my toggle attribute? Is it not appearing because I've not yet had any sales since creating the attribute?

If this isn't a feature, can it please be added for a future update to the reporting capability?

[tranguyen]

Hi @the-refill-lady, thanks for your post! I had a look into this on my end and at the moment, the attribute field is only used to filter items within the library and hasn't been added as one of the reporting filter. I've flagged this to the relevant team as a feature request so that this can be used to generate reports in the future. 

[Chris-uff]

Hello,

I am hoping to do the same thing -- this would be a huge help. Is there any timeframe for this feature to be added? I would love to use custom attributes, but they seem very lackluster currently in their potential uses.

Cheers.

[tranguyen]

Hi @Chris-uff, thanks for checking up on this! Unfortunately, I don't have a timeline to share right now as to when this feature will be available. Rest assured, I'll follow up on this thread when I have more information from our team. 

If you are interested in new features development, I would also encourage you to check out our Beta Community to join and potentially get access to new features first when we test them out.

[Lunarlullabies]

Hey! Just wanted to followup as it’s been 3 years since the initial ask to get this feature. I still dont see it as an available feature. When will this get added?

[Breffni]

Hi @Lunarlullabies, thanks for posting.

Please see @Sineaid's post marked as Best Answer. 

We'll let you know as soon as there is an update. For more info feel free to take a look at our article on Feature Requests and the Seller Community. 

Thanks for sticking with us. 

[PLHLtd]

As a further question to this, can custom attributes added to items please be able to be imported/exported? We're using them at the moment for SKUs (as in our industry, the barcode and the SKU are actually two different values and we have to keep track of both), but we're having to add them manually on each product after creation, and can't export that data if we need to make updates to it.

[tph]

I  would like the import/export feature too for custom attributes.  We are adding allergen information to each of our food items and need to be able to manage them in bulk.  Also in the Item Library when I filter by custom attribute, the listing does not display the custom attribute values - I can understand it may be tricky if the attribute type is 'selection' and it contains multiple selected values.  Finally, having filtered the items I want to see (by any filter criteria) I would like the option to export just those items, not the entire library.

[Helen]

Thanks for sharing this context about why this feature would be useful for your business @tph! It's really helpful! We'll update this thread as soon as we have any updates to share. 

[walker22]

Any progress please on including custom attributes in the sales report?

[Breffni]

Hi @walker22, thanks for checking in on this thread. 

We don't have any updates here just yet, but we'll be sure to share any that do come up. 

Thanks for your patience. 

[ONE40Shop]

Any updates, really don't see the point of custom attributes unless we can bulk edit on import, also, I don't see how the are useful for reports. 

All I want to do is add seasons to my retail items, so I track clothing from just Autumn winter or just spring summer. But there are no options for tags and I'm not duplicating my categories for each season.

What to do?

[Sineaid · Accepted solution]

Hi @ONE40Shop Thanks for getting behind this feature request and welcome to the community! It’s great to have you here and to see that you’ve been able to find existing threads about topics that interest you.

Unfortunately there is no update on this request just yet, but understanding the context of how you would like to use it will be helpful to the development team if it is implemented. 

You can keep up to date on the latest releases and feature improvements on the product updates hub, here.